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Wednesday... It isn't always a good thing to compare, but...


Psalm 119:100 (AMP), "I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts], because I have observed and kept Your precepts."

Wednesday... It isn't always a good thing to compare, but...

I really do appreciate the life that God has brought me through. My birthday on Monday says that I have been living a long time. Now it isn't always a good thing to compare but I have really been privileged to have been exposed to God and his Word, the Bible.


Now Psalm 119:100 (AMP) caught my attention as I was reading the Bible today. It says, "I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts], because I have observed and kept Your precepts." And I can say that too!

Some are not as old as I am but everyone has the potential to observe God's precepts and live by them and I want to tell you from my experience that it will make all the difference in your life.

Look at this, verses 100-101 in the New Living Translation says, "I am wiser than my elders. for I have kept your commandments. I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obediant to your word." And that is so, so important.

Verse 98 in The Message says, "Your commandments give me an edge on my enemies; they never become obsolete."

Verse 101, "I watch my step, avoiding ditches and ruts of evil so I can spend all my time keeping your Word." Can you see, how much of a difference that can and will make in our lives?

Verse 102, "I never make detours from the route you laid out; you gave me such good directions."

Now this is the Psalmist writing this but I have found it to be so true.

Verse 104 (NLT), "Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life." And then verse 105, "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path."

Living by God's Word and His Spirit makes all the different in our lives. Yes, there have been some tough times in there but at the age of 79 I can say this is so very true. So don't just give Him your life but spend time in God's Word, the Bible and live by what it says. And by the way His Holy Spirit will direct and strengthen you. So, listen to Him! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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